I quit refined sugars and simple carbs last august. I thought I was eating a healthy diet before that because I cooked all my own food. Then I began reading the labels on that food and i started cutting out the extra sugars. It took almost a month before the sugar desire turned loose but now I'm apostatizing for a sugar-free life. Seriously, that shit is killing you and you don't know you are sick. Maybe my strong urge to scream about this in public is the result of living in the fructose soaked fat ass USA but I don't care. Stop the fucking daily sugar it's fucking killing you. You want to lose 7 pounds in 7 days? Carbs cause inflammation. You literally piss the weight away the first week. It takes a bit longer to get into proper ketosis. Yes, if you have kidney or liver problems you need to be very careful and see your doctor. Everyone else, cut the sugar and carbs out of your life like a crazy girlfriend. Sure she wants to fuck every time you see her, but she also wants to see you choke to death on your own phlegm.

I lost almost 20 lbs just forgoing simple carbs & sugars while counting calories. I was eating 3 meals a day plus all the fruits I could stand. Then I got all ketogenic because ti sounded like a neat experiment. I consume ~10% carbs (including dietary fiber), 20% protein, and 70% healthy saturated and unsaturated fats. I did this as an experiment but this will probably be the backbone of my diet for the rest of life. I may go back to eating some pasta or even having a piece of birthday cake but the days of high fructose corn syrup and daily candy bars has come to an end.
Right now I can fast for 1-2 days and ride my bicycle at a fast pace for over 30 miles with no break in energy. No carb loading, no shaking, no starving feelings. My mind is sharper and I am emotionally, more level headed than I have been in many years. It took me 3 or 4 weeks to see the difference but when it kicked in I couldn't believe it.

As for cholesterol, they have changed the tests. It turns out that eating a high fat diet while eating high carb diet will kill your ass. But now they have learned that it's not HDL/LDL that you should worry about but short chain vs long chain cholesterol.

Also my dick got bigger, the IRS refunded me a bunch of money and I met a nymphomaniac swimsuit model who needs me to manage her $billion$ inheritance.

Seriously, speaking as a human, please quit the sugar, it is killing you.
Speaking as MAC please eat double and die faster, you are breathing up all my air.

I am off sugar because sugar makes my brain tumor grow! Tumors looove sugar. You can use that.
Anyway that's what I say to people, but it doesn't seem to lessen anyone's intake. Even my apprentice still buys candy for me...
Actually i'ts very obvious now that we should hook up.

I am off sugar because sugar makes my brain tumor grow! Tumors looove sugar. You can use that.
Anyway that's what I say to people, but it doesn't seem to lessen anyone's intake. Even my apprentice still buys candy for me...
Actually i'ts very obvious now that we should hook up.

All those words make sense individually but in that order I'm not sure. Many of them seem oddly positive.

I'm not ready for a hook up, but let's just say I've not crossed it off my list.